chasd wrote:
On Mar 4, 2008, at 6:54 AM, Michael Baierl wrote:
the install script of stable complains about missing sockets: Sockets: NOT OK but everything works perfectly fine - can you please tell me why
sockets are required?I believe it is for IMAP over an encrypted connection ( IMAPS ) so if
you don't use IMAPS, technically it isn't required. Since a large
majority of end users will need IMAPS support, it is better to
require Sockets support than to continually answer the question "Why
won't IMAPS work ?"A "manual" install ( documented at http://trac.roundcube.net/wiki/ Howto_Install ) would allow those that don't have sockets support and
don't want to use IMAPS to use RoundCube.
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I think it was a good decision to require Sockets support, and modify
the documentation accordingly.
Why not have a "warning" type of alert in the installer? I believe eGroupWare's installer works this way. It has a yellow flag, says "Warning: blahlbah may not work if you do not install this module" and goes about its business.
If not everyone needs sockets, then technically it is not a requirement per se, but recommended if you want additional functionality.
Jim _______________________________________________ List info: http://lists.roundcube.net/dev/